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Re: [korgpolyex] Patches on paper

2001-11-02 by Scott Nordlund

>Also: how can I create a strings sound that sounds like 70's string-
>machines (ARP, Crumar...)?

well, you're not going to get the *exact* sound of a string machine, simply 
because they're built completely differently

My ARP Quartet makes its string sound by running 4 square waves (I think 
they're square waves...I don't know maybe there's a bit of waveshaping too) 
at different octaves and volumes through a simple envelope and 3 separate 
BBD-based chorus circuits in parallel.  so you're not going to get that with 
the Poly 800 but if you put it in double mode, put both on saw, play with 
the octaves a bit, detune slightly (set it to 1 or so), use the standard 
long attack and release style envelope, filter kind of mid-high, maybe 75, 
no resonance, lots of chorus.  It won't be exact but it's passable.

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